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most expedient for the general good of the country, and not be deterred from effecting a complete change in the whole system of our Corn Laws, by the opposition which will of course be made by those who are interested in keeping up the price of Corn above the level, at which with reference to the general cir cumstancesof the country, it would be desirable to fix it. Tt seems most surprising, that after the success which has attended the Macadamizing several of the principal streets of London, the plan should not be extended to other of the great thoroughfares of the Metropolis. The state of some of the streets is dis graceful in the highest degree, and such as endanger the lives of persons who venture over them in car riages, stages, and hackney-coaches. We need only exemplify this observation, by referring to the con dition of that part of Fleet-street which lies between Temple Bar and Bouverie-street. For some time past it has been in a state which would have been called impassable, were we not too much accustomed to see the paving of the streets full of holes, loose stones, and inequalities. We know not whether this subject is within the jurisdiction of the LORD MAYOR: if it is, we may hope as one of the Sheriffs, Mr. Sheriff WINCHESTER, resides at this end of the town, that the inconvenience which he must suffer in Tassing over this wretched paving in his way to the 'city in his state carriage, will induce him to recom mend the Chief Magistrate to devote his attention to this subject, in which the public generally are so much interested. In fact the state of the streets is become a matter of such consequence to the inhabitants of this metropolis, that we should be glad if a plan could be devised, on the principle of the Metropolitan Turn- Pike Road Act, for placing the care and management 'of the whole of the Paving, Lighting, and Watching of the streets of London, under the management of one Board, instead of leaving them to the mis-management 'of local Committees, over whose proceedings, interest ed and petty interests too commonly prevail. If a general system of this description were established, the streets within the parish of St. G eorge ' s , H anover- Square, would not have remained as exceptions to the general improvement of being lighted with gas. N o partof Lond on i s more disgracefully neglected in re tro to Pavin& and Lighting, than that portion of r iecadilly which lies in the parish of St. George's. THE FUNDS. • CITY, Twelve e' Clock. The British Funds evinced c.onsiderable briskness at the opening, 'fell 4 nd Consols were 831 4; soon after'a pause took place, and they to 88 ; this probably is the operation of the Money Market, which, when once over, they will meet likely advance in the 1111111 C Proportion as they have for some days past. The Foreign Funds are rather lower than the opening prices, Mexican have been 68 1 ; Colombian have been done at 431; the form er are now L , - the latter 421 1 ; P eruv i an a nd P o rt uguese are b ot h higher, the former are 801 1, and the latter SS 6 ; Greek also b ar risen, owing to the general belief (which is confidently stated) ... t hat Some p o i n t e d i nter f erence w ill ta k e p l ace i n f avour o f those 111 -treated people by the British and French Governments with the Turks, and which were adverted more particularly to a week *rice ; these Bonds closed yesterday at 18 i, and are now 19 1, 'lnd have been 19i. Shares support their prices, Real del Monte 'lre at 100 to 110 ; and . Thalpuxahua 60 to 70 preen. ; Mexican Company at 8 disc. ; and United Mexican reduced to Ili 11 discount. , Three per Cent. C onso l s , 84 ; Di tto for January, 84 ; India 'lr Cent. Bonds, 4 0 . 2 pm. ; xcltetitrer Bills, 22 3 ptn. clivirauvw Funnit.--:Braeillen, 66 8; Bimini Ayres, 63 5; e m :' 29 40 ; Colotnltian, 1824, 44 • Mexican 5 per Cent., 4 . , "I ; Ditto 6 ,er Cent., 68/ 1 ; Peruvian, 85 6; Greek, &seine 875 ; Portuguese, 801 • Sp anish, 12 i ti• k iHr I I di " 1-- Anglo Mexican, 40 371 die. ; United Mexican, Ili i.• ; Paseo Peruvian, 1 2 per Share; Colombian, 8i 9i igi ie B it ha ra; Tlalpuxahus , 60 70 pm. ; Brazilian, 14 15 pin. ; $6 , r• par, 2 p m . e n d 11 / 4 1 British Iron Company, 264 Si die . ; Welch Iron ~ Coal, 17 15 dia. ; Alliance Fire and Life , 91 10 per Share; unto Marine, par, iPnl• _ _ . Two o' Crock. an ce B ince 12 o'clock Co nso l s h ave assu med a very lively appear , and an advance of full i per cent. has taken place ; 3 per 'cent' Consols a re quote d at the present hour at 844 for a n i d a ' an d ah buyers, for r January Account. The market is strong, no such being Rs a hear of Stock to be heard of, the i t " l'oing all up ; I n di a B on d s an d E xc h equer B on d s h ave no eration ; the Foreign Funds have also partaken of the advance 11 ., th e British Securities ; Mexican Bonds are 68i ; Colombian ; Greek have been done at 20, now 191 i; Portuguese are also g er at 80 ; and Spanish 131 I. THREE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Consols, 84k 1; Ditto for Jan., 85 k POUR o'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. onsolsB4* # Danish Bonds 6 3 Brazilian f or Ac. 8'44- Greek Do. 1825 20 illuazihan Bond s 67 M ex i can D o . 1825, 68 ei !1108 Ayres Do. -- Peruvian Do. 'than I) 40 Russian Do. 81 COlunlotan, 1824, 42a Spanish Do. 13f SHIPPING IWELLIGENCE. ti,. ` FROM LLOYDS'.—(TaiII DAT.) ~.i , !,, Nov. I 7.—A rr i ve d, the Matilda, from the Mediterra- I - v : 4 0 ,1 , and Scotsman, Erskine, from Lond on , f or Jamaica. The, ii. , ,,i, h h it' shift e d Eastward, and the outward-bound are und er ts '1 , 4 , with a p rospect o f gett i ng round the South Foreland this iii g th! ' narssiouTir, Nov.' 17.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.--Arrived,_ broth' J odi ni Freeman, from London to Madras and Bengal ; the 4,4ti.bers,...ilirigge.,,..from ditto to the Cape ; also the following out -114 nn "." •-",-vvestbrook, Mill, Bruce, Sims, Ceres , Higgins, , Yal Mail, Scott, I i Lusk, .Justini, Young:llett:iresreul , Water Lily, Bruce, Thalia, ) ; , M n, Troughton, Cnrmnins, and Elizabeth am( liar ‘-' S " .1?11. 113$° net. rALIMUTII, Nov. I 6.—Wiiiil S. \t,. to w. s, w. —A rr i ve d, the B ar h adoes, Lee, from Quebec, in no das. ~ Dovait, Nov. 17.—Arrivefl off Port, the Mercury Kuton, 'fern Havannah; Per, Frederick, from Dem er ,,, ; ' an d'a nnpus, 'leminder, from 'Alexandria. from aitAvitintin, Nov. 17.—Arrived, the Mary, H o d ges 7 1 Yrua ; Funchals, IVlThertion, from Madeira; Lark, ' Caine, ''!_cl Brothers, Howard, from Lisbon ; Prince Regent, La m b., and , " r inlanns Cole, from the Isle of France; Lady of the Lake, .. . ...., trtin, from Calcutta; Elphineton, M‘Lean, from Bombay ; Sc.. 4 ir t rior Drake, from Batavia; George, Clarke, from Bengal; Eliza, Holborn, from _ e....riknir ga ; Iri s, ho l le, from Calcutta; Belzoni, I" P '''' ' ' i; " ! *r, and King, Johnson, from ditto; Sarah Ann, Huntley, and tier, Williamson, from Oporto. 2 .1 110 Arb, Ttolatone, and Helme, Airsthorp, from Smyrna, the . h i n , Johnstone, from Alexandria, Berbiee. Wayth, from Lis from sh e Velocity , Brooks, from Almeira, and the Henry, Westcott, 1, - , - felaga, have arrived in the Creek. Ysne Thomas King, Williamson, from London to Madeira and 4 4 0 , er arat Was spoken with on the 29th ult., in sight of Madeira, "e Funclials, liPPherson, arrived in the Bitter. Pito . ,,.. , tarp ~ i-ttss OP TILE R EFORMATION.--Eight more Roman f,,%,"rs abjured the errors of . Poiie .. ry in . the . Parish Church of t ? . ' On Sunday last—Du/din Arming Math fritiZriPH OF A PUISONItR.—A true bill having been PA (~,,.- :Y„the Grand Jury at the Middlesex . Sessions, against bert h ° -B ,Lueart, and Elizabeth, his wife, and their son Thoma s 44 Ti:,,,,7, Younger, late of Slitolivell, for burglary, they were, tnted - 1 , -1 1. , taken iuto custody under a 'Judge's wrant, t ',eat 0, 0 , - ,4mr. Justice Bayley. It being necessarr that the . war tne 1,4 4 he backed by a Judge, previous to their committal to k %elti... - " ''elenri, Clerkenwell, they were all three taken by an 11 0 C't of Gibson, the tipataff, to the chambers of Mr. Justice ant iltl i ) to get the commitment signed at the back of the war . - tord, s h i ,"inil the time they were at the chambers waiting his 4° , 1 1 te' D e l ,: i g n4 ture. Thomas Dean, the younger, contrived to slip lirit ontr airs unobserved, cud made his escape : the ot h er two 1 04 1 ,1 4 qm: wifely committed to the New Prison, Clerkenwell, 41e ir trial at dui 014 Bailey at the cumin sessions. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY--(Tms DAT.) BLANDY V. LUCAS. Mr. Honlit prevented a petition on the part of the plaintiff to have certain funds in Court, ordered to be paid to certain persons who were incumbrances. A calculation had been made, and all parties had agreed that the better way to be done was, to have the money paid in the case of the estate, in question to the incum brancers.—Order made. sTieruaxs V. GUPPY. Mr. HART did not itno;;l;ethetii; came, which had for a long time stood for judgment, was in his Lordship's list of the judgments he meant to give? His LORDSHIP said he was ready for it, and would take it for the early part of next week. Mr. Hssa.n said, this case had stood over for the purpose of knowing whether Mr. Hart, and Mr. Romilly his junior, could answer the arguments that had been made on the alternative relief prayed in the bill. Mr. Heald did not know whether they meant to proceed, or to leave the case as it was, to the Court. Mr. Him' knew nothing about any argument yet to be made. Mr. HEALD was quite content to have judgment on the case as it had been left, for he was quite sure it stood favourably for his client. His LORDSHIP intimated that he should speedily dispose of it. His Loansutr bad perfectly satisfied himself that he had de cided no case similar to this one. There were circumstances here meriting attention, but after a very careful examination of the papers in the case, he was sure he ought not to stay the taxa tion of the costs, unless their amount was paid into the hands of a third person, or the Court. Mr. HART observed, that it was really a hard thing to suppose, that after a party had had costs decreed to him, the payment of those costs was not to be enforced, because an allegation was made that that order was to be, or was appealed from .! P.%-PAILTIC MAINZ. Mr. URAL!) took the liberty of adverting to this case again.— Ile considered that in a case precisely the same as the present the Vice-Chancellor had made such an order as he had made here, and which had been totally reversed by this branch of the Court; the Vice-Chancellor had ordered costs to be paid in the present case, which had been appealed from, and the appellants thought it would he a hard thing to pay costs into a pocket out of which they might never get them again should the order below be reversed, and therefore they hoped the Court would stay the compulsion of the payment of those costs. His Lohman'. desired to have it understood, that nothing he now said was to be considered as a judicial intimation, that he would or would not reverse his Honour's order, but he would not stay the enforcing of the payment of the costs, except on the con dition he had mentioned. Were he unqualified to stay the pay ment, he felt quite confident that the tendency of such an order would be, to encourage appeals fur no earthly reason but to stay the enforcing payment of costs. Mr. ILu submitted that the practice of the Court ought to prevail, leaving it to ha decided hereafter, whether his clients should he called upon to refund the costs that had been ordered to be paid to them, Mr. Hz...an—Then we shall pay tlid costs into Court. Mr. HART--When ? Mr. HEALD—Directly. Mr. HART---Directly is no time. Mr. HEALD--Mention your own time then. Mr. HART —Then Monday next. Mr. HART—What, Monday next, and to-day is Saturday ! Mr. HART—Why you told me to name my own time. No thing pleases you but to have your own way. Mr. thcAtn—l said, mention your own time. His LORDSHIP here, to cut the matter short, said let the amount of costs be paid into Court at or before two o'clock on Tuesday next, otherwise let the proems of execution issue to compel the payment. . . IN THE MATTSR Or SUTTON, • BANXILUrT. His LORDSHIP desired to know whether the gentlemen engaged in Mr. Sutton's matter, who is in custody in the King's Bench prison, had made thems e l ves masters of the nature of the debt in respect of which be was detained. Mr. flatus stated that the attachment, by virtue of which he was detained, was in respect of costs incurred in a cause in this Court, that had been taxed before the bankruptcy occurred. His Loausnzr then said, if an affidavit were made to this effect, the prisoner would have to be dischatged. He took it to be the clear law, that if the costs had been taxed before the bankruptcy, the debt might have been proved under the Commission, and that, therefore, the prisoner would be discharged by one of the com mon law Judges upon producing his certificate. Mr. Mcorranuit submitted that this Court might order his discharge. . The Loan CHANCELLOR (lid not know that the Marshal would obey the order of this Court, if he would, his Lordship would have no objection to direct the discharge when the affidavit alluded to was made. Mr. %MAX said the affidavit should be made in the course of this morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.--(Tuts DA.r.) METIMINTATIVICS OF itovzus, DECEASED, v. maim In this cause a bill was filed by the plaintiffs for the purpose of compelling the defendant to pay over to them the sum of 1,300 h, being the amount of certain Bank Stock, and the dividends due ther;s, which the bill charged to have come fraudulently into his hands. Mr. Suanzw, in opening the cue, observed that, as it was of the utmost importance to the plaintiffs, and, if possible, of still snore importance to the defendant, who filled the high station of a Bank 'Director, he would confine himself in the first instance to a simple detail of facts. Mr. Awmtanon, for the defendant, requested that the cue might be allowed to stand over for a few days. Mr. Suanits strongly opposed any such concession. Mr. Attnitanott said, the only grounds on which be asked for the delay were as a personal indulgence to himself. lle rvav the only Counsel appearing fur the defendant, and from the grave and solemn manner in which the cause was ushered in he could not but feel anxious for further time. Mr. Suomi, after observing that Mr. Anderden had more die eretion than his client, proceeded with his statement ; the bill set forth, that in January 1795, a person named Levi Solomon, then carrying on business in Hanover, purchased, for Mr. Movius, the then Auditor General of that Kingdom, five hundred pounds in the Three per cent. Consols. The stock thus purchased was paid for by Movius, but stood in the hank books to the credit of Solomon, lie having given to Movius en acknowledgment to that effect, clearly setting forth that he (Solomon) was merely his trustee. In May, 1797, Solomon purchased for Movius a further sum of 500/. stock, which was in like manner allowed to stand in the name of Solomon, who at the same time charged Movius with commission and brokerage, on the pur chase made on entry in his own book, and also of the receipt of the purchase-money. Movius, it appeared, regularly received, top to his death, which took place in 1803, the dividends on the stock ; he died intestate, leaving as his heirs his wife and brother, G. F. Movius, who for sonic time were paid the divi dends by Solomon, who, in cons eq u ence o f hi s commerc i al intercourse with this country, had, all through, been the agent of the family. The brother died shortly after, and the present plaintiffs are now the representatives of Minim. No step had been taken in the matter until 1821, when a person named Wilhelm Conrad Korf, then residing in this country, was requested to get possession of the stock, and all the dividends 1 due thereon. Korf being a foreigner applied to the defendant, an eminent merchant residing in King's Arms Yard, Coleman- Street, for advice, and was instructed by that Gentleman, as the best mode of proceeding, to have the plaintiffs transmit a power of attorney, having first clearly established their right to the stock in question. The plaintiffs, in consequence of this advice instituted a suit in the Court of Chancery, in Hanover, for the purpose of having their claim approved of by that Court, the pl a i n tiflii being then only aware of their right to the first 8001, having no knowledge of the second purchase by So -I°m°n• They obtained a j udicial certificate of their right to the , property of Movius, and were recognised by the Court as his sole , tratismittin 'raepreseatatives. In Jul 1822, the plaintiffs sent over a power of to them , authorising Ku rf Y and the defendant to recover ail debts due and the took , g at the same time nowicsigone Solomon to Movius; upon Dorien gav e in August 1822, K a , that it must be aseertateinect nt given i n 1797 by ' hi ' n f i delivered all the the judicial certificate,. Dorien, where papers to. 1 to the effect certain written instructi9D ni j stered ; if they did cot, notice was A. B. to take it out as a :j iver ' whether his heirs Atm the intention _.._ of o t° f onestate o that f Ik I Vi t t i h s e ' a t a o o d i v take t creditor l° o fnt ' u oB: t e the lo"t-hmfe Soloman . it of i p n iT i a s ti l hn' r ee a t i t bsl i i i alnvi%elvvl A li utd f o t o e wn o: much inquiry, the relatives of remuneration was them in favour of one or the plaintiffs, empowering th at In o b tain : d i rmon were found, and to proxy_ ad ministration to the goods and effi lgaintiff to take out the of Solomon. Kart died in November, 1822, upon which * widow to manage the affairs in conneacion with Mr. Dorien. Noven c l a b t e i r on j pluintiffs requested his The bill went on to state, that frequent to Mr. Dorlen for thepapers remaining 711:11):i recovered the meneyfor the plaintiff,' in November Is hando, he not having however much surprised at receiving from Mr. F sB2"sd;btethelyl made were reshfield a letter to the e ff ect that he was authorized by Mr. D the plaintiffs that Mr. Dori en , b e i ng himself a rien to acq uaint creditor of Solo tuon'a did, in that capacity, tido out aduainistatinn to hie vino', and that he had since disposed of the stock standing in his name, not being aware that the plaintiffs, or the person they repre sented, had any claim thereto. To this bill the defendant had put in an answer which the learned counsel commented on in very harsh terms. The defendant's answer, which we regret that we cannot give at length, denied that the money came into his hands fraudu lently, and stated that he had all along acted in concert with Korf, and under an arrangement that the defendant was to receive one moiety of the stock in part payment of his claim on Solomon's estate. The defendant further added,thathe was induced to make this arrangement, because he had listened favourably to the statement of Korf, without by any means, believing it. The answers set forth that the house of Solomon, Michael, David and Co. were for many years employed by the defendant's house, as their agents, and that Solomon always spoke to the defendant of the stock in question, as belonging to him, and that on the faith of this represen ation be had given him credit to:the amount of 10,0001. In proof of the correctness of this statement, he appealed to the fact of his having, on Solomon's statement taken steps to prevent the trans fer of the stock. The Learned Gentleman, as well as Mr. KINNERSLY, who followed on the came side, spoke at great length, and contended that the conduct of the defendant was a tissue of fraud. Mr. Atinutoou, for the defendant, expressed his conviction that he would be able to place the character of his client in a far different point of view from that in which it bad been represented by his Learned Friends. Ile trusted he would remove every im putation of fraud, and show the injustice of the charge advanced against him. The Learned Gentleman hail not concluded when we went to press. COURT OF KING'S 13ENCH.—(hus DAY.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION..VIL JOHN BULL. Mr. Scan Law moved for a rule to chew cause why crirnina, information,ahould not be filed against Edward Shackel, proprie. tor and Editor of the John Bull newspaper, for having published a libel on Charles Henry Hartshorn, ILA. of St. John's, Cam bridge. In snaking this application, he deemed it necessary to accompany it with a narrat i on respect i ng the prosecutor. Sonic years ago Mr. Hartshorn was at Mr. Butler's academy in Shrews bury, preparing for his entrance into College. While at Mr. Butler's, he was introduced to Mr. Helier, late Member of Parliament for Oxford. Being particularly anxious to cul tivate Mr. fleber's friendship, he wrote a Latin Poem, complimenting him, which Mr. Heber received very kindly, and, in return, paid him mush attention, and introduced him to several of his friends ; among others, his respected brother, the late Bishop of Calcutta. Shortly after this Mr. Hartshorn entered college, and, in 1825, he came to London, in vacation time, where he met Mr. Heber, who asked him to his house, offered him the use of his library, and, in many other respects, manifested cordial feelings towards him: Mr. Heber returned again to college. He (Mr. Scarlet) would say of Mr. Heber, that there was no man in England, of whatever distinction, who would not deem it an honour to be acquainted with him. The Learned Counsel himself had the h(inour of knowing Mr. Heber well, and there was no man of whose acquaintance he felt more proud. In August, 1826, Mr. Heber left England, of which Mr. Hartshorn received the first intimation by a letter from Calais. In the September following the Earl of Guilford was about to visit Italy, and being acquainted with Mr. Hartshorn he asked him to accompany him ; his friends thinking it a good opportunity of travelling through the continent, advised him to go; he accord ingly did accompany that Nobleman, who introduced him into high circles, and among other persons to the British Ambassador at Constantinople. They stopped a considerable time at Corfu, and then visited different parts of Asia, and returned to Lucca, where the Earl of Guildford left Mr. Hartshorn to take charge of a young Gentleman, until such time as his friends could attend to him. On the 16th of August, 1826, he received an important letter from kis friends, containing a paragraph, which formed the subject -matter of this libel; be immediately came home, and collected all his friends to consult them on what steps he ought to take respecting it. They told him that un pleasant rumours had been afloat respecting bim and Mr. Heber, and advised him to write to the latter respecting it, which he (lid accordingly, requesting of him to conic home. Mr. Heber sent an answer immediately, but declined com ing home ; Mr. Hartshorn swears that he bad no communication with Mr. Heber, either personally or by letter, from the time that he went to the Continent up to the period of the receipt of this last letter. He has taken great pains in making an investigation respecting the groqnds of the dark insinuations thrown out against him and Mr. 11., hut he could not find even the shadow of a foun dation for them. The first of the paragraphs of appeared in the joAo Run of th e 7th of May .4, 4 &W M t "Mr. Usher, lote . ltil:P. Am the thtiversitrti • , pi -ascot on the Continent, and we understand will not return for some time, the backwardness of . a foreign climate, at this season of the year, being more congenial to his hahits." The second paragraph appeared in two numbers after as follows " We understand that Mr. Heber'e complaint proceeds from an over predilection for Hartshorn." The Learned Counsel showed that Mr. Hartshorn has been cordially received among his friends. who feel convinced that there is no foundation fur the insinuation contained in these paragraphs, and that their origin is solely in the base mind of some writer who gets his livelihood by calumny..... Rule granted. COURT bF COMMON PLEAS.—(Tms DAY.) IVIIBUZN, V. NICHOLAS. This was an action of damages against the defendant for un justly detaining the plaintiff in White Cross-street Prison for 40 weeks. In January, 1825, the plaintiff filed a bill against the defendant in the Court of Chancery, but it was not insisted on, and therefore the 'defendant applied to have it dismissed, which was done accordingly, with 55/. costs. The defendant then instituted the present action in this Court ; it was tried before the Lord Chief Justice in last Trinity Term, and 130/. damagcs found for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN' this day appeared in support of a rule obtained by the plaintiff; to chew cause why the costs in Chancery should not be vet off against the 1801. damages. The Learned Counsel contended, that as no action could be maintained in this Quirt, founded upon a Decree of the Court of - Chancery, and as the costs there found due, did not constitute a legal claim, there could be no right of set off against the damages found in this Court. Thu Judges, however, were of a different opinion, and thought that the equity of the case would be suet by allow. ing the set off. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.--(Tats DAY.) IN AZ 1/1/31BitIa. v. CLAUCIIITON. Mr. JARVIS preferred a petition for an order of taxation on the bill of costs of the plaintiff's solicitor, Mr. Fitchet. The peti tioner was imprisoned for those costs, and his friends would come forward and pay the just amount of such costs, but felt it their duty to petition for an order of taxation, as they considered them fraudulent and oppressive. Mr. KNIMIT observed that this bill was not infected with a local inflammation, it pervaded its whole system, it was diseased in all its path, and when a solicitor had a certain knowledge of the charges which ought to be made, and made an unjust charge, it certainly amounted to something like a gross fraud. The Learned Counsel then read some extracts front the affidavits of a solicitor named Lowe, reflecting on the overcharges. They did not, how ever, appear to be very extravagant.. Air. Baron GANUOW rernarki:(l, that it was little more than local inflammation in the extremities. Mr. BICKERSTISTII opposed the petition, exposed some fraudu lent dealings of the applicant, and contended that the charges in the bill were not excessive. The Loan Cutts. JUSTICE observed, that the fraud appeared to be all on the other side. Ile considered that the petition should be discharged with costs. CONSISTORY COURT.--(Tula DAy.) (Before Sir C. Roemsox.) BLIOU V. 111,1011. This was a suit - - promoted by Mitt. Bligh, Bse. of Marylebone, in the diocese' of London, against his wife, Helen Bligh, for a divorce by reason of adultery, alleged to have been committed by her at v ar i ous t i mes an d p l aces w i t h IV. W. L P. W e ll e „l ey , E sq . Dr. JENNXit, who led in this case for Mr. thigh, stated the nature of the unit, and obserrztl, that as the Co urt was well aware Various attempt„ had been unenecessfully made to serve Mrs. Thigh with a copy of citation, at length ibis had been effected, and the case was now brought regularly before the Court. The aisigna lions were made, and the libel, consisting of twenty-three articles, was exhibited, and now atm*, before tht Court for admission.— He understood his Learned Friends had mine objectioos to mike to some of the articles contained iu the libel, a n d any observations whi c h were sugges t e d to hi m until ehould reserve he learned the nature of those objections. Dr. Pnat.istonz said, he appeared as Counsel for Mrs. thigh, and objected to the admission of certain articles in th e lib e l. The cas e generally, was as had been stated by Dr. Jenne'', and the evi dence as set forth in the libel, was of two kinds, documentary and parole. The objections were directed exclusively t o th e first, which consisted of letters addressed by Mrs. Bligh to Mr. Wel lesley, letters from Mr. Wellesley to Mrs. thigh. H e did no t but he contended objecttha it to was the ne ivi t n th 'i e ss p io rac n tit A o l f ri tite n C li o g u h e 's t tt le t S a te ti n m ' it the letters of the alleged as evidence against the wif e , un l ess i t tees dill. p rredtlist she was in low degree Participating in the cty adulterer, acts of the adulterer, by receiving the letters and retaining them in her possession. There was no evidence, however, that could give the Court to understand that the letters in question, were ever received by Mrs. Nigh, or retained in her possession. The libel set forth, that Mrs. Bligh and nfr. Weliesley, went to lodge at No. 9, Seymour Place, near the Netv Road, some time in the year 1825, and that the lodging Otte taken for them by Dr. Arnold, for the purpose of Mrs. Bligh's confinement. The libel went on to state, that Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh lived in Seymour-place, as man and wife, and had all things in common, but that for some reasons which it was un necessary to enter upon, they quitted Seymour place on the even ing of the 17th July, and returned to France with great expedi tion, leaving behind them property of various kinds, consisting of furniture, wearing apparel, trinkets, many of which were identi fied as having been seen about the persons of Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh, and ordinarily worn by them. The next article of the libel stated that in the end of 1824 and beginning 0f1825, Mr. Wellesley was in the constant habit of communicating with Mrs. Bligh by letter, and that several letters were receled by her, from and in the hand-writing of Mr. Wellesley. The 22d article of the libel alleged and exhibited those letters, which were stated to have been contained in a leather case or pocket-books, which were known to have been previously in the possession of Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley, and were found in trunks with other aleicles identified as the property of Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley. —Such were the contents of the libel with respect to those letters, but he contended, that there was no evidence to prove, that they were in potsession of Mrs. Bligh, or even they had been received by her. There was one letter put in of a cha racter so disgraceful, that he would not refer to it more particu larly than by observing, that he could not bring himself to believe, that whatever was passing in Mr. Wellesley's mind, he could write such a letter, or send it to a Lady moving in the circles in which Mrs. Bligh had done. He submitted that there was no evidence to prima that this letter had ever been seen by Mrs. Nigh. The presumption was quite oppo. site. The letters might have been found in Mr. Wellesley's leather case, and amongst his trinkets, and not in Mrs. Bligh'a case; at all events they had not been traced to the posses sion of Mrs. Thigh, and the Court was therefore bound to reject them, as they only burthened the libel, and could not he admitted as evidence against her. Dr. DODSON (who was with Dr. Phillimore) argued that there was not the slightest evidence to prove that the letters al leged to have been written by Mr. Wellesley were ever received, by Mrs. Bligh. They were stated to have been found in two leather boxes, belonging to Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh. Those boxes might hare been the property of one of the parties, or of the other, and, non constat, that the letters of Mr. Wel- lesley were found in his own box, and amongst his own clothes, and that those alleged to be written by Mrs. Thigh were found amongst her dresses. The only ground upon which the Court could be called upon to admit the letters of Mr. Wellesley as evi dence of acts of adultery committed by Mrs. Bligh, was that she had received end preserved those letters. The letters *ere found in boxes left in Seymour .place, after Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley were stated to have decamped ; they were found amongst articles which were identified as Mr. Wellesley's ; and the only presumption upon which the Court could act was, that Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley were living as man and wife, and had all things in common. If his Learned Friends could prove that such intercourse subsisted between the parties, these letters of Mr. 'Wellesley Avere unnecessary to support their cue, and if they could not prove that such an intercourse subsisted, he contended that there was no legal principle to induce the Court to admit the letters of Mr. Wellesley, found in a trunk of Mr. Wellesley'e, ae evidence against Mrs. Bligh. Dr. Jasznate said, he admitted that the conclusion drawn by his Learned Friends was correct, if they could prove the pretuises.— If there was no proof that Mrs. Bligh ever received, or had the custody of the letters in question, they certainly ought nut to be admitted as evidence against her, but all the facts of the case went to prove that the letters had been in her possession. The libel stated that the parties lived together as roan and 'wife, at various places mg the Continent. They were traced to Rotterdam, Flushing, Antwerp, and different other places, until they arrived in England, and went to reside at the house of Mrs. Perkins, in Sey rnour Place ; Mrs. Bligh being then pregnant, in consequence of the adulterous intercourse with Mr. W. The libel went on to state that Mrs. Bligh kept a journal of the different places in which she and Mr. Wellesley met, and after alluding to various other circum stances, went on to detail the sudden departure of Mrs. Nigh and Mr. Wellesley, from Seymour-place, leaving behind them various articles which were identified as their property. Living together ,upon the terns they did, it was extremely difficult to prove that she leather canes were the separate property' of either party but they were discovered amongst trinkets and wearing apparel, which belonged to both. Now he contended, that letters Mond under such circumstances, must have been considered as having been in the custody of Mrs. Bligh. lie admitted that those let ters -were most disgraceful, to the writer as well as to the person to whom they were addressed ; but he was utterly at a loss to con ceive upon what principle the Court wax called upon to reject them, bearing as they did so strongly upon the case, and found under circumstances which fixed their connection with the parties. Dr. LusunioTore said he WAS on the same side with Dr. Jenner, and that he was not aware it was the practice of the Court to evince any reluctance In receiving evidence of documents found in possession of a wife, when those letters were proved to have been written by the adulterer. As to the i ngen i ous argu ment,which had been used by his learned friends to support their position that Mr. Wellealey'a letters were not received by Mrs. Bligh, he submitted that they were answered by the facts of the case, as well as by presumptions furnished by common There could •be no doubt that Mrs. Bligh had anticipated in the acts of Mr. Wellesley, by receiving cis letters. That those letters were received and re- tained by her the Court could have no doubt. What gentleman was there, who addressed a letter to a lady, full of ardent profes sions of love, recounted his amatory exploits, and then, instead of sending the letter, kept it in his own desk ? On the other hand, was it usual for ladiesito write, professing their devotion and un tiring attachment, , and to conceal those letters in an escrutoire? The common Sense of the case was opposed to the arguments of his learned friend, who, he submitted, had shown no grounds that could induce the Court to include the letters that had been exhibited. Sir CmitisTornra 'tontNsoN said, the libel went through a considerable space of time, sad comprehended a great number of circumstances. He had read it through attentively, and consi dering the direct manner in which the letters alluded to bore upon the case, and the manner in which they were discovered, he felt that the Court could not conclude them without adopting a prin. tilde he was anxious to avoid. The libel was therefore admitted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGII-STREET.—(Tnts DAY.) John Thomas, a wretched looking man, but who had formerly been a respectable master butcher in Clare-market, was brought up to this Office, charged with having stolen an umbrella from the shop of hit. Williams, of High !Whore, yesterday evening. John Pond, a beadle, observed the prisoner entering the shop, And almost instantly coming out with en umbrella in his hand ; suspecting that it was stolen, he took him into custody. Charles heath, shopman to Mr. Williams, said, that the um brella belonged to his employer, and was stolen front his shop. The prisoner did not deny the theft, but said that extreme po verty induced hint to be guilty of the crime. He was committed. THE MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.--(Tugs DAY.) There was a great supply at this morning's market, but the trade was very dull. Radishes and Grapes were dearer than nn this clay se'nctight ; in prices of other things little, if any, altera tion. There were New Oranges and Lemons in the market, but apparently no demand for them. a. d. to*. d. Potatoes (per eat.) 0 6 0 Cabbages (12Iunuls) 0 6 Ditto Red 0 R I 6 Savoys 0 A I t. I torso Radish (bundle) It 0 4 0 Brocoli 0 6 1 0 Celery 0 9 I 4 Carrots (12 bunched) Turnips Coleworts or Greens oti 1(1 Leeks - ..... ... . Co* Lettuces (wore) a, tos d. Pears (halt.sievel 2 0 7 n Apples, Common 1 6 2 6 Ditto, Choice. 4 0 7 0 Quinces Small Onions 2 ft 2 9 Oranges (100) li Lemons English Waltutta ..... SpanishChesnuts(peck) 3 0 6 n French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts Spanish Ilazienuts ilherts (121b5.) Grapes 11;111.61(34 liiinclB):.. 0 9 9 0 Spillage (rialf4ieve)... 0 9 1 0 HAY MARKETI (At per Load ST. JA' Lowland Meadow llay f 3 10 to 4 10 Upland Ditto Ilye-gr_ass Hay New Meadow flay 4 3 3 5 A good supply. and a very langu '5.—(1.81% DAL) of Id Trusses.) MRS'S. Clover Hay .„. ......... 14 sin 6 ~' Oat Straw .......... 110 I'w Wheat Ditto .... 1 13 110 IiNtITII L ow ! A nd Meadow Hayi3 0 to 4 0 Upland Ditto Rye.grasa Hay New IStoadow Hay , 3 is 5 0 SuWty 1190 d, trade dull id trade; prim as on Thursday. FIELD. Clover Hay ganosilly ,f 1 10 to 6 0 Do. extraordinary lino 0 0 610 Oat Straw Wheat Ditto and priCra stationary acne. 061 1sTiopjfg ft. FASHIONABLE INTEL LIGENCE, WINDSOR, Nov. 17.--His MAJESTY has not, during the present week, taken his usual exercise, but has confined himself chiefly to public business, as Mes angers continue to arrive and depart almost daily to and from the Royal Lodge. It is said that his MAJESTY intends leaving the Royal Lodge, early in the e n su i ng wee k , for St. James's Palace. On Thursday Lord Graves, the Lord in Waiting, left the Royal Lodge for his residence in town. This day Miss Garth, who has for some days hack been on a visit to her Royal Highness Princess Au gusta, took leave of her Royal Highness, and left Froginore Lodge for her residence in town. His Majesty's stag hounds will meet on Monday at Maidenhead Held, and on Friday at the Toll-gate, Bedfont-lane. This forenoon the remains of Major Fairtiough, of the 63d regiment, were interred with great military honour in the Castle burying-ground. The Duchess of Clarence, accompanied by the , Princess Carolina of Meinengen, left the apartments of the Duchess of- Kent,' in the King' s Palace, at Kensington, on Wednesday, for her seat in Bushy Park. The Duke-of Clarence arrived at Bushy the same day from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at Bagahot Park. The Address in the House of Lords will be second ed by Lord Colville. - The Earl of Liverpool transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Peel, at the Home Office. Mr. Huskisson transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his Office in Downing-street. Earl Bathurst was rather better 'yesterday. , The Earl of Westmorland gave a Grand Dinner Mysterday, in Grosve nor - square . • In the circle wa , ; the archioness Dowager of Salisbury. The preparations for opening the Opera are going forward rapidly. The first general rehearsal of the Vestale took place •at the King's Theatre yesterday, with full Orchestra and Chorus, under the manage ment of Mr. Bochsa, the Director of the Musical De partment. Yesterday a Deputation from the Society for Pro pagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts met a t L on d on House, where the Lord Bishop took the Chair. Amongst the communications were several of import ance, relative to the Eastern World, from the late Bishop Heber, which reflected upon him the highest credit. We are happy to state that the Bishop of Oxford's health has within the last few days very considerably improved. the Royal Society, and the Royal Society of An tiquaries, had their first Meeting for the season, at Somerset House, on 'Thursday night. The Right Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home Department, was admitted a Member, by ballot of the Society of Antiquaries. It is said that the Duke of' Montrose has, or in tends, resigning his situation as Lord Chamberlain, ,and that Lord Farnborough is spoken of as his stic. eessor.—Morning Herat . COLCHESTER PITT CLUB DINNER.—On Tuec day, the Colchester True Blue, or Pitt Club, 'cele brated their 20th Anniversary, at the Three Cups Inn, in that town. The attendance of members, and of friends from Chelmsford, Harwich, Maldon, Menses, &c. vests; numerous and highly respectable—upwards of 100 sitting down to dinner. .Sir G..H. Smyth, Bart., one of the Members of Parliament for Colchester, presided, supported on his right by Sir J. Tyrell, Bart., and Col. Bramston, and on his left by the }tom G. Winn, M.P. for Maldon, and the Venerable Arch ' deacon Lyall. A Mr. T. a depositary of the Devon and Exeter Bible Society, has brushed off with 1291, of the Society's cosh. --News. SCHINTIPICBULL.---At a meetingof Philosophers i n thi s town, a gentleman st ou tly maintained that the empty spackof the universe was filled with light.— Greenock dveliser. An old gentleman, somewhat addicted to the free use ~f the crystal, teas admonished by a friend, that he was likely to fall in a very bad custom. " Na, na," replied he, "1 canna find sac muck!. taut wi' the custom as wi' the excise.— Grecuock Advertiser. VIENNA.---An operatic piece, the music of which is by Mawr, has been brought out at the Leopaldstadt Theatre, called " The Jewel of the King of Spirits." The German papers praise. the music highly, • but abuse the drama. In comparing the firmer to the latter, they say it is as if the Iliad of Homer were printed on very bad paper.—Literary Gazette. BMW EATERS.---A club in this town, consisting of 61 persons, dined together on Monday, agreeably to annual custom. They had for dinner 17511 g. of beef and mutton, 160Ibs. of po tatoes, MINI. of carrots, 501bs. of turnips, 12 loaves of bread, weighing 01lbs. The meat was gormandized to the Wines, scarcely a vegetable left.--.Donet chroni c l e . and Saturday morning the funeral of Miss Robinson, the oily daughter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer took place at Norton, in Lincolnshire. The Right lion. Gentleman and Lady Sarah Robinson followed the remains of their beloved daughter to the silent tomb. They were so extremely afflicted that they required supporting, partieularlythe Right lion. Gentlemen. On Wednesday the fence was completed in front of the screen of Carlton Palace, preparatory to ita demolition ; end, the workmen have begun to uproot the trees in the gardens, for the purpose of beginning the new square alma to be erected in that quarter, owlipeil occupied. w . ill include the ground that Warwick house has so lung Since our last, the Committee of the Bradford Opera fives have transmitted further petitions, to which upwards of 1000 names were attached, against the existing Corn Laws. Petitions of a like sort, from the parish of Kildwick, containing upwards of 1900 names, have also been forwarded from Adding ham and Ilkley against the Corn Laws. —Leeds Irdellioeneer. We are happy to find that the manufacturers of sail cloth, twine, &c., at liridport, East Coker, and its neighboar. hood, find the demand much reviving; several large shipments having lately been made for the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, thatM L. ep i h k i xt i : n t t s e, NEW Esg. , COAT m.i). p o . consigned to the merchants there, to the ears of Mr. Sinetham, ship-Agent of this port. —.Doran Chronicle. Member of Parliament, Patriot of the First Class, and Fr i end to Greece), is about to receive a very appropriate augmentation to (that is to say, a h ill,t r it i i r n s i it i () , lt c cooped w family ir)eiildy ar a jt i : l t or s o t u ;l s t i e e v e r i e z t, l h . b ae l o s — w mif ,: i o ti t n i r ot :;t l h * ,%a e ,c n iy w i l l ,ei r is s i e i r ;t: o ri t t t i e s i n I lv r i i t;: li li s a rt a ai r i o ' R s l : t t 1 1; ° 1 ; a ke i l t ihi n ::t wy h t k *e . s p r.c A . R a et nd seirl . e ttnrler►tianrl, Advertiser. visit t o M acclesfield, has attrtwte tl pretty much of the curiosity of the inhabi tants f rom his repo R. F. G. W AKE FIEI,II.--Mliii gentleman' who is on a tali appearance in public. Upon one occasion, a very droll scene exhibited itself. A person cause running lion that Mr. W. was in the next street walking with his son and daughter and her governess, anti so great was the wish of a gentle man, who was under the hands of th e yeerequ i e , to 1...._ pep into Mr. Swears, a hair dresser's shop, with th e w orms . at the wonderful man, that 4e eetutigy left th... shop. 4,t71.,h7. chin covered with soap and A cloth over his shoulder, followed, as fast. as they could run, by all the other inmates.—Stockport Advertiser on Thursday 2d instant, the elegabt new bridge over the River Annan, at that burgh, was opened for the service of the pi Mho• magistrates, the arrival of the mail coach, th e sgiatretes, in chaises, accompanied by the contractor, auperintentlent; surveyor, Sic., with the horses decorated with ribands, and preceded by the burgh officers, went with the mail over it, in the midst of *evertsl hundred spectators, who cheered them as they went along with•loinl huuaa. It is one of the best built end roost suhatantial as well as beautiful structures of the kind betwixt Portpatrick and London, and dues great _credit to may, person concerned in its erection,— Glasgow Harald. 5.".. ..., t IPI, t • t 4 4 4, ) ..,ii : 4: l :'' ,l $ : ,, i -. ~,,1) „,./ i i.rii ?, * , a ..- 1 : , „tv.,-- 4 , N.,17: - / 44 -